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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Flax thick and thin sowing. 



Name of Variety. 



Flax . 90 lbs, seed . 



" 70 



" 40 



Wheat sown for comparison. 



Red Fife Wheat 



White Connell Wheat 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 16. 



16. 



" 16. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 16. 

 16. 

 16. 



13. 

 13. 



Value per Acre. 



$22^ @ $1t% per bus. 

 22 '* " 



21-^a 





40 cts. 

 40 " 



Flax sown at different dates. 



Flax 90 lbs. seed. 



" 90 



" 90 " 



Wlieat sown for comparison. 



Red Fife Wheat . 



White Connell Wheat 



Aug. 18. 

 16 

 13. 



13. 

 13. 



20f& 





$W S per bus. 



40 cts. 

 40 " 



SUMMARY. 



1st. Flax at the prevailing prices is a more profitable crop than wheat. 



2nd. One year's experience would appear to indicate that ninety pounds of seed is more profitable than 

 a smaller amount, this is much more than is generally used. 



3rd. That the end of May is early enough to sow this crop in a warm dry season. 



4th. Flax can be sown with a grain drill, cut with a binder, and threshed with a separator. 



Flax and Oats. 



During the spring months many farmers feed to their farm animals a small quan- 

 tity of flax mixed with oats, larger quantities of this would no doubt be used were it 

 not for the weed seeds found in the flax generally offered for sale. 



For the purpose of ascertaining whether it is possible to grow the flax and oats 

 together, and by this means secure clean seed, two pecks of flax and nine pecks of oats 

 were sown, and the combined crop was readily harvested with a grain binder and 

 threshed with a separator ; the two kinds of grain were separated and the proportions 

 are given in the following tables. The size of plot used was one-tenth of an acre, and 

 the soil was clay loam. 



Flax and Oats mixed. 



